Unsafe Levels of Radioactivity

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Unsafe Levels of Radioactivity
The number of incidents at a nuclear power plant has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 6 incidents per year. ​ ​
-{Unsafe Levels of Radioactivity Narrative} Find the probability that there will be exactly 3 incidents in a year.

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